Grand Prix Sepeda Motor musim 1961

Grand Prix Sepeda Motor musim 1961 adalah musim ke-13 Grand Prix Sepeda Motor F.I.M.. Musim terdiri dari sebelas balapan Grand Prix di lima kelas: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc dan Sidecars 500cc. Dimulai pada tanggal 23 April, dengan Grand Prix Spanyol dan diakhiri dengan Grand Prix Argentina pada tanggal 15 Oktober.

Kalender
RondeTanggalGrand PrixSirkuitPemenang 125ccPemenang 250ccPemenang 350ccPemenang 500ccPemenang Sidecars 500ccLaporan123 April Grand Prix SpanyolMontjuïc Circuit Tom Phillis Gary Hocking Fath / WohlgemuthLaporan214 Mei Grand Prix Jerman BaratHockenheimring Ernst Degner Kunimitsu Takahashi Frantisek Stastny Gary Hocking Deubel / HörnerLaporan321 Mei Grand Prix PrancisCharade Circuit Tom Phillis Tom Phillis  Gary Hocking  Scheidegger / BurkhardtLaporan412 Juni Isle of Man TTSnaefell Mountain Mike Hailwood Mike Hailwood Phil Read Mike Hailwood Deubel / HörnerLaporan524 Juni Dutch TTTT Circuit Assen Tom Phillis Mike Hailwood Gary Hocking Gary Hocking Deubel / HörnerLaporan62 Juli Grand Prix BelgiaSpa-Francorchamps Luigi Taveri Jim Redman Gary Hocking  Scheidegger / BurkhardtLaporan730 Juli Grand Prix Jerman TimurSachsenring Ernst Degner Mike Hailwood Gary Hocking Gary HockingLaporan812 Agustus Grand Prix UlsterDundrod Circuit Kunimitsu Takahashi Bob McIntyre Gary Hocking Gary HockingLaporan9 3 September Grand Prix NationsMonza Ernst Degner Jim Redman Gary Hocking Mike HailwoodLaporan1017 September Grand Prix SwediaRåbelövsbanan Luigi Taveri Mike Hailwood Frantisek Stastny Gary HockingLaporan1115 Oktober Grand Prix ArgentinaBuenos Aires Tom Phillis Tom Phillis Jorge KisslingLaporan

Klasemen
Sistem penilaian
Poin diberikan kepada enam finis teratas di setiap balapan. Hanya yang terbaik dari enam balapan yang dihitung dalam kejuaraan 125cc, 250cc, 350cc dan 500cc, sedangkan di Sidecars, yang terbaik dari empat dihitung.

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Klasemen 500cc
PosPembalapMotorGERFRAMANHOLBELDDRULSNACSWEARGPoin1 Gary HockingMV Agusta11Ret1111Ret148 (56)2 Mike HailwoodNorton / MV Agusta42122221240 (55)3 Frank PerrisNorton25RetRet33164 Bob McIntyreNorton233145 Alistair KingNorton432Ret136 Bert SchneiderNorton18Ret35497 Jorge KisslingMatchless188 Ron LangstonMatchless554Ret79 Juan Carlos SalatinoNorton2610 Paddy DriverNortonRetRet6Ret3511 Mike DuffMatchless144105512 Hans-Günter JägerBMW / Norton38413 Tom PhillisNorton3Ret414 Antoine PabaNorton3415 John FarnsworthMatchless / Norton3849Ret316 Phil ReadNortonRet4Ret317 Gyula MarsovszkyNorton4Ret318 Alberto PaganiNorton43= Juan PerkinsNorton4320 Jack FindlayNortonDNSDNS8586Ret321 Ernst HillerBMW / Matchless519Ret11Ret222 Peter ChattertonNorton205223 Fritz MasserliMatchless544224 Eduardo SalatinoNorton5225 Peter PawsonMatchless / Norton8Ret76126 Roland FöllMatchless86Ret11127 Lothar JohnBMW61014910128 Ron MilesNorton126NEL129 Tom ThorpNorton136130 Anssi ReskoNorton / Matchless611131 Horacio CostasNorton61=   Tony GodfreyNorton6133 Karl HoppeNortonRet7117034 Tommy RobbMatchlessRet78035 Roy IngramNorton710Ret036 Vernon CottleNorton7211112037 Rudi ThalhammerNorton117038 Tommy RobinsonNorton7Ret039 Raphaël OrinelNorton7040 Trevor PoundNorton89041 Jacques InserminiNorton1211Ret8Ret042 Louis BernagozziNorton8043 Rudolf GläserNortonRetRet159Ret044 Edy LenzNorton459045 Ellis BoyceNorton9Ret046 Rene GoetzBSA90= Klaus HamelmannNorton9048 Heinz KauertMatchless10Ret0= Toni SchmitzNortonRetRet10050 Georges ComyNorton100= Fred StevensNorton100= Roberto VigoritoNorton10053 Peter HortonNorton11Ret0= Jack BullockNorton11055 Alf ShawNorton4112056 Geoffrey TannerNortonRetRet12057 Dan ShoreyNortonRet12058 Joachim ClausNorton120= Bruno HofmannNorton120= Benedetto ZambottiGilera12061 Anton ElbersenBMW130= Sven-Olov GunnarssonNorton130= Tommy HolmesMatchless130= Emanuele MauglianiGilera130= Johannes MüllerNorton130= Jules NiesNorton13067 Joop VegelzangNorton1415068 Bror-Erland CarlssonMatchless / AJSRet14069 Alfonz BreznikGilera140= Jimmy JonesNorton14071 John BrownNorton150= Anthony HortonNorton150= Brian SetchellNorton15074 Campbell DonaghyBSA160= Derek PowellMatchless16076 Martin BrosnanNorton170= Bill SmithMatchless17078 Dennis CraigMatchless3718079 George CatlinMatchless19080 Billy McCoshMatchless22081 Monty BuxtonNorton23082 Don ChapmanNorton24Ret083 Mike O'RourkeNorton25084 George PurvisMatchless26085 Arthur WheelerMatchless27086 Harold RileyBSA28087 Den JarmanAJS29088 Derek MinterNorton30089 Louis CarrNorton31090 Alan DugdaleMatchless32091 Ronald CousinsNorton33092 Geoff EcclesBSA34093 Dave WildmanAJS35094 Billy AnderssonAJS36095 Albert MouleNorton39096 Bill RobertsonAJS40097 John SimmondsMatchless42098 Maurice GittinsNorton430- Hugh AndersonNortonRetRetRet0- John HartleNortonRetRetRet0- William Van LeeuwenNortonRetRetRet0- Hans PeslNortonRetRet0- Chris AndersonNortonRet0- R. BennettNortonRet0- Richard BrinnandNortonRet0- Ralph BryansNortonRet0- Roly CapnerBSARet0- Fred ChaseNortonRet0- Artemio CirelliGileraRet0- Gianfranco DemeniconiNortonRet0- Graham DownesMatchlessRet0- Peter EvansMatchlessRet0- Harry GrantBSARet0- Alois HuberBMWRet0- Len IrelandNortonRet0- Pierre JamesNortonRet0- Vasco LoroNortonRet0- Giuseppe MantelliGileraRet0- Peter MiddletonNortonRet0- Gilberto MilaniNortonRet0- George NorthwoodNortonRet0- Karl RecktenwaldNortonRet0- Ralph RensenNortonRet0- Ladislaus RichterNortonRet0- Renzo RossiGileraRet0- Derek RussellNortonRet0- Walter ScheimannNortonRet0- Douglas SmithMatchlessRet0- Graham SmithNortonRet0- Lewis YoungNortonRet0PosPembalapMotorGERFRAMANHOLBELDDRULSNACSWEARGPoin

Klasemen 350cc
PosPembalapNegaraMesinPoinMenang1 Gary HockingRhodesiaMV Agusta3242 Frantisek StastnyCekoslowakiaJawa2623 Gustav HavelCekoslowakiaJawa1904 Phil ReadBritania RayaNorton1315 Bob McIntyreBritania RayaBianchi1006 Rudi ThalhammerAustriaNorton70= Ralph RensenBritania RayaNorton708 Alistair KingBritania RayaBianchi60= Mike HailwoodBritania RayaMV Agusta6010 Ernesto BrambillaItaliaBianchi50= Alan ShepherdBritania RayaAJS5012 Tommy RobbBritania RayaAJS4013 Derek MinterBritania RayaNorton3014 Hans PeslJerman BaratNorton20= Silvio GrassettiItaliaBenelli20= Ron LangstonBritania RayaAJS2017 Frank PerrisBritania RayaNorton20= Mike DuffKanadaAJS2019 Roy IngramBritania RayaNorton10= Bert SchneiderAustriaNorton10= Hugh AndersonSelandia BaruNorton10

Klasemen 250cc
PosPembalapNegaraMesinPoinMenang1 Mike HailwoodBritania RayaHonda4442 Tom PhillisAustraliaHonda3823 Jim RedmanRhodesiaHonda3624 Kunimitsu TakahashiJepangHonda2915 Bob McIntyreBritania RayaHonda1416 Tarquinio ProviniItaliaMorini1007 Silvio GrassettiItaliaBenelli1008 Gary HockingRhodesiaMV Agusta819 Fumio ItoJepangYamaha7010 Luigi TaveriSwissHonda6011 Alan ShepherdBritania RayaMZ60= Frantisek StastnyCekoslowakiaJawa6013 Ernst DegnerJerman Timur MZ30= Sadao ShimazakiJepangHonda3015 Hans FischerJerman TimurMZ3016 Naomi TaniguchiJepangHonda2017 Dan ShoreyBritania RayaNSU10= Yoshikazu SunakoJepangYamaha10= Werner MusiolJerman TimurMZ10

Klasemen 125cc
PosPembalapNegaraMesinPoinMenang1 Tom PhillisAustraliaHonda4442 Ernst DegnerJerman TimurMZ4233 Luigi TaveriSwissHonda2924 Jim RedmanRhodesiaHonda2805 Kunimitsu TakahashiJepangHonda2416 Mike HailwoodBritania RayaEMC / Honda1617 Alan ShepherdBritania RayaMZ1208 Walter BrehmeJerman TimurMZ709 Teisuke TanakaJepangHonda6010 Sadao ShimazakiJepangHonda50= Werner MusiolJerman TimurMZ5012 Hans FischerJerman TimurMZ30= Phil ReadBritania RayaEMC30= László SzabóHungariaMZ3015 John GraceBritania RayaBultaco20= Ulf SvenssonSwediaDucati20= Naomi TaniguchiJepangHonda2018 Rex AveryBritania RayaEMC2019 Ricardo QuintanillaSpanyolBultaco10= Ralph RensenBritania RayaBultaco10= Héctor PochettinoArgentinaBultaco10

Referensi
 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 

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